Saturday, September 20, 2008

Good for the dams

Big storms in the Wivenhoe and Somerset area, where the Brisbane dams are.

Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland Regional Office
The Standard Emergency Warning Signal should NOT be used with this message.
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST CANCELLATION SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING - SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND Issued at 9:08 pm Saturday, 20 September 2008.
Severe thunderstorms are no longer affecting the Southeast Queensland area (east of Dalby from Rainbow Beach to Stanthorpe). The immediate threat of severe thunderstorms has passed, but the situation will continue to be monitored and further warnings will be issued if necessary.

The Emergency Management Queensland advises that people should:
* Beware of fallen trees and powerlines.
* Avoid driving, walking or riding through flood waters.
* For emergency assistance contact the SES on 132 500.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Suddenly, mowing the lawn will never seem such a chore again.

SandiM

Skeeter said...
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Skeeter said...

Typical!
The comment appears twice with the same error in both copies.

Try this:
It's marvellous how effective those big solar-powered desalinators are.
Pity they make so much noise while they are turning sea-water into rain.

kae said...

Psst, Skeeter
There should be a trash can on your comments. If you click it you can delete your comment if you make a mistake or decide it may have been a bit too inflamatory...
just don't do it too often.
That goes for everyone, you can delete your comments if you are signed in. I can delete them, too. But I won't usually do that unless you ask me to.

Skeeter said...

Thanks Kae.

Some scary black-holed desalinators are approaching our dam catchment (and us) at the moment.
Emergency generator is fuelled and plugged into the house ready to go.

kae said...

Hi Skeets
There's some a-rumbling up here, too... I'd say it's the one out past Toowoomba, at Allora. It's getting closer.
I've just done some glyphosate mowing... it's humid and I think I'm melting!
If I've got a postpack here does Mrs Skeets want the vids? I've seen the episodes. Good. She'll love them.

You'd better get a good book, or surf the net. There's some claret in them. Well, coming out of some of the characters.

kae said...

Golly, that looks naaaaaasty!
http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20038.html

kae said...

Blast, damn and bugger.
It's dark. It's raining.

Sheesh.

kae said...

Well, at least the stuff I sprayed in the cracks under the verandah and carport will DIE, DIE, DIE!